Shirt-collar supporter



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P. M. GRIFFIN.

SHIRT COLLAR SUPPORTER. No. 248,856. Patented Nov-1,1881.

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UNITE STATES PERLEY M. GRIFFIN, OF-EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHlRT-COLLAR SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,856, dated November 1, 1881.

Application filed August 15, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, PERLEY M. GRIFFIN, of East Bridgewater, ot' the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shirt-Collar Supporters and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is a top view, Fig. 2 a Front elevation, Fig. 3 a side view, and Fig. 4 a transverse section, of a shirt-collar supporter constituting my invention. It is to be worn around theneck ofa person, between such and the collar or neckband of his shirt, and is to be supported by his clavicles, directly over which it is to rest, its object being to hold out the shirt-collar or neckband of the shirt, so as to prevent it from being drawn againstor constricting the neck of the wearer, to his inconvenience, injury, or discomfort.

In the drawings, A denotes a collar made of a hard elastic and water-proof materialsuch as celluloid or thin plate metal, for instanceitat its middle and near one end being provided with buttons or studs a 1), arranged as shown. It also has a button-hole, c, to receive the button or stud b. lf preferable, the stud a may be removable lrom or be screwed into the collar. The collar A has projecting from it, at its lower end, a curved and broad flange, B, fitted to the upper part of the body, or that portion directly over the clavicles, and about and next to the base of the neck, the

'flange B being to rest on such parts of the (No model.)

It is well known that chronic or other throat or brain diseases are frequently caused or kept up by shirt-collars or cravats when worn tightly about the neck, it having been discovered that alleviation or a cure soon results after the collar may have been loosened. The'strain of the shirt often causes the collar to bind the neck too closely, such being prevented by the use of my invention, by which the shirt-collar is preserved at the proper distance from the neck, thereby allowing a. free circulation of theblood in the veins and arteries of the neck and to and from the brain or other portions of the head.

When properly constructed the collar-supporter not only can be worn with ease, but causes the collar and upper part of the shirtbosom to have a round and full appearance, and, besides, it acts as a means ofpreventing perspiration from the body from being absorbed by the shirt band and collar.

I do not claim a band having clasps, loops, and spurs for the attachment of a collar and necktie, all being arranged substantially as described in the United States Patent No. 59,646, as between such and my invention there are important mechanical differences, especially that in mine is the flange B, which is not found in the other, and constitutes an essential feature of mine.

I claim- As a new article of manufactnre,a shirt-collar supporter, substantially as described, consisting of the neck-encompassing elastic collar A and its sustaininr-flange 13, arranged as set forth, and provided with means, as explained, of connecting or disconnecting the said collar at or near its ends, or of attachingit to a shirt band or collar, all being for use in manner and for the purpose essentially as specified.

P. M. GRIFFIN.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, E. B. PRATT. 

